Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lawrence R Miller
Elk River, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103354

Wash Plant #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
73
citations
23
significant & substantial
$11,541
proposed penalties
$11,541
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
41
inspections on record
344
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 344 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 306 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 395 2 1 5063.3
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 456 1 0 2193.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 428 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 466 4 2 8583.7
2021 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 524 2 0 3816.8
2019 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 279 1 0 3584.2
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 381 2 1 5249.3
2016 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 459 1 0 2178.6
2015 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 347 4 1 11527.4
2014 Q2 207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 519 10 2 19267.8
2013 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 605 1 1 1652.9
2012 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 648 2 1 3086.4
2011 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 331 2 1 6042.3
2010 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 570 6 3 10526.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 384 1 0 2604.2
2009 Q3 655 5 2 7633.6
2009 Q2 646 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,080 1 0 925.9
2007 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,093 1 0 914.9
2004 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 491 4 0 8146.6
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 104 1 0 9615.4
2003 Q3 560 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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